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The Health Score was created by a team of medical experts at WebMD to help patients better understand how factors related to diagnosis, treatment and monitoring can affect clinical outcomes.

A Blood Pressure Health Score of

    For someone already diagnosed with High Blood Pressure:

• 40-50
  • Generally reflects excellent blood pressure care and treatment with minimal associated other medical conditions or complications.
• 30-39
  • Generally reflects appropriate lifestyle and medical therapy or complication or newly diagnosed high blood pressure.
• 20-29
  • Generally reflects improvement inblood pressure control that may not have reached individual treatment goals.
• Less than 20
  • Generally reflects untreated high blood pressure or blood pressure that may not have responded to lifestyle and medical therapy.

    For someone not diagnosed with High Blood Pressure:

• 40-50
  • Generally reflects not diagnosed with high blood pressure and reported blood pressure is normal or at blood pressure target.
• 30-39
  • Generally reflects not diagnosed with high blood pressure and reported blood pressure is in the pre-hypertension range or slightly above blood pressure target.
• Less than 30
  • Generally reflects not diagnosed with high blood pressure and reported blood pressure is in the stage 1 or 2 hypertension range or significantly above blood pressure target.

The Health Score is presented for general information purposes only and may not be accurate for everyone with HBP. It is not intended to be a substitute or replacement for an evaluation by a qualified medical provider. Only your doctor can determine which diagnostic procedures and medical treatments are right for you. HBP symptoms can be highly variable. The HBP Health Score is based only on the current answers provided and may vary widely between HBP Health Check sessions.

The MS Wellbeing Score was created by a team of medical experts at WebMD to help patients examine how personal attitudes, beliefs and support from others may affect their blood pressure and overall quality of life.

A Well-being score of:

• 15-25
  • Generally reflects successfully applying healthy lifestyle, and possible medical therapies, to daily routine.
• 10-15
  • Generally reflects a positive attitude and an acceptance of necessary lifestyle changes although not yet fully incorporated into daily life.
• Less than 10
  • Generally reflects someone who does not yet recognize the importance of lifestyle changes in the prevention or management high blood pressure or recognizes the importance but is unwilling or unable to make necessary changes.

The Knowledge Score was created by a team of medical experts at WebMD to help patients make better medical decisions through a process of self-testing supported by tailored information to fill critical knowledge gaps.

A Blood Pressure Knowledge score of:

• 15-25
  • Generally reflects an excellent overall understanding of high blood pressure and its management.
• 10-15
  • Generally reflects a solid knowledgebase upon which to build.
• Less than 10
  • Generally reflects someone who has been living with blood pressure and is due for a refresher or newly diagnosed.